Obliterating endarteritis

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Obliterating endarteritis is severe proliferating endarteritis (inflammation of the intima or inner lining of an artery){{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/endarteritis|title=Medical Definition of ENDARTERITIS|website=www.merriam-webster.com}} that results in an occlusion of the lumen of the artery.{{cite web |url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/obliterating+endarteritis |title=obliterating endarteritis - definition of obliterating endarteritis in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. }} Obliterating endarteritis can occur due to a variety of medical conditions such as a complication of radiation poisoning,{{cite book |author=Ghosh, Amit K. |title=Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review: Eighth Edition (Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review) |publisher=Informa Healthcare |year=2008 |pages=281 |isbn=978-1-4200-8478-8 }} a late side effect of radiation therapy treatments,{{cite journal |last1=Cooper |first1=Jeffrey S. |last2=Hanley |first2=Mary E. |last3=Hendriksen |first3=Stephen |last4=Robins |first4=Marc |title=Hyperbaric Treatment of Delayed Radiation Injury |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470447/ |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=23 July 2023 |date=August 30, 2022|pmid=29261879 }} tuberculosis meningitis or a syphilis infection.{{cite journal |vauthors=Song SH, Jang I, Kim BS, etal |title=A case of primary syphilis in the rectum |journal=J. Korean Med. Sci. |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=886–7 |date=October 2005 |pmid=16224168 |pmc=2779291 |doi= 10.3346/jkms.2005.20.5.886}}